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Glazier
July 24, 2024 | Comments Off on Glazier
Glazier
Job Type: Temporary
Start Date: Immediately
Location: Hounslow
Salary: £20.00 - £22.00 per hour
We are looking for an experienced Glazier to join a local council to deliver a high quality responsive repairs service in customers homes.
Responsibilities:
- Measuring, installing, and repairing glass in houses, shops and offices, ensuring the correct and appropriate glass for the job is used, as well as removing old and broken panes, and ensuring glass is sealed to be watertight.
- Setting glass doors into frames and bolting metal hinges, locks, and handles and other hardware to attach doors to frames and walls using a spirit level.
- Installing pre-assembled wood or metal frameworks for doors and windows before glass panel installation using hand tools
- Cutting, assembling, measuring or installing metal frames and enclosures for glass panels in various areas and structures, including bathtubs, showers, display cases, solarium's, and skylights.
- Reading and understanding blueprints and specifications to know necessary work details, including colour, shape, size, type and thickness of glass to be installed, framing location, procedures for installation and any scaffolding or other staging items needed before beginning work.
- Cutting and removing old and broken glass before installing replacement glass
- Packing loose areas between glass panels and moulding or frames with glazing compound, and trimming excess materials using a glazing knife.
Requirements:
- Full UK Driving Licence (manual)
- GQA Level 2 or 3 NVQ Certificate in Glazing
- Working at Heights
Benefits:
- 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Monday to Friday
- A company van and fuel card (work use only)
- Free on site parking
- Mains operated power tools
- 23 days annual leave entitlement (excluding bank holidays)
- Pension Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Electric Car salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Free Gym Membership
- Refer a Friend Scheme
If you have a passion for high quality repairs and previous experience within a reactive repairs role servicing social housing, please apply or contact Leah Sparkes for further information.
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